Where Do You Put Yourself?

When I was on the plane to Menorca a few weeks back, I remembered the reason why they tell you to put your own oxygen mask on first before helping others with theirs……. Do you stand at the back of the queue and let everyone else go first? Do you frantically run around meeting everyone […]

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World Mental Health Day

10th October 2019 This years theme is suicide prevention. Nearly 800,000 people die by suicide worldwide each year. For each suicide there are more than 20 suicide attempts made. Both suicides and attempted suicides have a massive impact on family, friends, work colleagues and the wider community. Please show your support. […]

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Anxious Thoughts

In my cabin I work with people to help them overcome their anxiety and other unwanted thoughts, feelings and behaviours. All these anxious thoughts can be constant, powerful and overwhelming. The more thoughts you have, the worse the scenarios build up in your head and fill your mind. The more you experience, the more fuel […]

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Helping Parents to learn to speak “Ollie”

This week parents at Chesterton Primary School have learnt how to speak “Ollie”. The parents heard all about the concept behind Ollie and his superpowers and how it is helping children learn how to control their emotions rather than be controlled by them. The parents watched some “Ollie” techniques being demonstrated and picked up tips […]

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A 6 year old told me he has no confidence. I said “how do you know?” HIs reply was because my dad told me. When I asked him how he specifically knew himself, he didn’t know how he knew he had that problem and it started to make him think about what foundations his whole […]

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Comparing Yourself to Others

With the rise of social media, I think most of us have compared ourselves to what we see on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to name a few. We compare looks, feelings, thoughts, abilities and social progress just by what we see published online. A while back a friend saw wedding pictures of her ex looking […]

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Achieving at secondary school

I was travelling on the guided busway the other day and I heard a mum loudly tell her daughter that all she had to do was work hard and get good results in Year 7. I know I don’t know what the history behind the comment was, but I was sitting there thinking really, it’s […]

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